Social media really is an incredible thing at times.
A woman who lost her eight-month-old baby during the chaos that followed the terror attack in Nice last night has been reunited with him after a desperate Facebook appeal.
According to reports, the woman lost her pram during the panic that followed the moment a lorry drove into a crowd of people. At the time of writing, 84 people have been killed, including children, and a further 18 have been left critically injured.
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Tiava Banner posted a photo of the baby on Facebook last night.
Image credit: Tiava Banner / Facebook
She captioned the photograph: "We have lost BB 8 months. Nice friends if you've seen him if you were there if you have collected please contact me!!!!!"
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Incredibly, around an hour later, the baby was found alive and well.
A member of the woman's family told AFP: "A young woman found him and took him home with her. She then went online and found the photo of the baby on Facebook."
Once the child was reunited with his parents, his mother took to Facebook to post an update letting everybody know he was safe.
"Found!!!!! Thank you so much to Mrs Joy Ruez!!!!!!!!" she wrote.
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"Thank you facebook to all those who have helped us and sent messages of support (I won't answer to all really sorry)!!!!!!!"
We're glad he was found safe and well. Our thoughts are with the people of Nice at this difficult time.
Words by Sian Broderick
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